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1
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Elements needed for successful indirect attack

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  • High heat throughout area
  • Limited ventilation of the fire area
  • Point on perimeter for small opening (30º fog)
  • No endangered occupants
  • Limited size of potential fire area
2
Q

Advantages of indirect attack

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  • Reduce FF exposure to backdraft
  • Can extinguish fires in areas where high heat denies entry.
  • Limited crew can extinguish disproportionately large fire.
  • Uses less water
  • May create less water damage.
3
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Disadvantages of indirect attack

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  • Can’t be used in occupied building
  • Ventilation openings weaken effect
  • Too small volume can push fire ahead of steam
  • Can’t view interior layout first.
  • Can increase water damage if used in wrong circumstance.
4
Q

Three possible modes on arrival

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  • Offensive attack
  • Defensive attack
  • Take no action
5
Q

Factors of an offensive attack

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  • Sufficient resources available to perform all need tasks
  • Threat to exposures is minimal
  • People to be rescued
  • Begin suppression as soon as possible
  • Place first hoseline to cover worst case before stretching additional lines
  • When attack stalled, increase water flow, ventilation, or both, if unsuccessful change tactics
6
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Factors of defensive attack

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  • Effective offensive attack not mounted within 20 min
  • No civilian life hazard
  • Prevent fire from extending to exposures
  • Partial collapses
  • Consider total involvement of the structure and the impacts of that scenario
7
Q

Factors in taking no action

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  • Conditions pose undue threat to FF
  • Potential BLEVE
  • Fires in warehouses with poisions or pesticides (runoff)
8
Q

When human life is at stake…

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An offensive attack is mandatory

9
Q

Begin suppression…

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as soon as possible

10
Q

Get the first hoseline in operation to cover…

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the worst case before stretching additional lines

11
Q

When an attack is stalled…

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Increase ventilation, water flow, or both. If unsuccessful, change tactics.

12
Q

When an effective offensive attack isn’t possible or hasn’t succeeded in _____…

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20 minutes, prepare defensive positions.

13
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When forced into a defensive mode, consider…

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the possible effects of total involvement of the structure.